State ex rel. City of Springfield ex rel. Board of Public Utilities v. Barker

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN PROHIBITION

MAUS, Judge.

By this proceeding in prohibition the relator, City of Springfield, seeks to prohibit the respondent, Circuit Judge Charles V. Barker, from proceeding against it in an action filed in the Circuit Court of Webster County. This court granted its preliminary order. Rule 97.04. The pleadings establish the following basis for the relief sought. Rule 97.03.

The petition in the underlying action is in one count. The plaintiff is Burnup and Sims, Inc., a contracting firm. The defendants are the City of Fordland, Webster County, Missouri, and the City of…